The Most Powerful Player Database in Town

Namet.ag provides awesome community projects with a robust method to lookup Minecraft accounts

Minecraft's Player API Sucks.

Mojang's restrictive rate limits are a common bottleneck for many community projects. Namet.ag is a player and cape cache that provides accurate data with no rate limits.

How does it work?

1.

Every time a player joins a Minecraft: Java Edition server, the server fetches their profile from Mojang's servers. This includes information like the player's username, skin, and cape.

2.

The player takes the profile they received from the server and forwards it to Namet.ag. Mojang's server never receives any more requests than it normally would because the player just forwards profiles that it already receives.

3.

Player profiles from Mojang's server include a signature, which allows Namet.ag to verify that the profile it received from the player is authentic. Namet.ag stores this profile and update's the players information.

The Vanilla Minecraft client doesn't automatically send Mojang's player profiles to Namet.ag. Instead, Namet.ag relies on mods to share the player profiles that Minecraft receives.